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Trend Report 2021 – Delivering Justice / Case Study: The Justice Dialogue
The HiiL virtual Justice Dialogue took place on Wednesday, 20th April 2022 from 09:00hrs-13:00hrs CEST.
High-level participants from Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, the Netherlands and USA participated in this Dialogue, which served as a basis for HiiL’s plenary “People-centred justice: how to make it happen systematically?” taking place on 1st June at the World Justice Forum. All the participants have significant expertise on issues at the forefront of applying people-centred justice approaches. The names and designations of the participants are shared in the table at the end of this report.
HiiL’s policy brief “Delivering people-centred justice: Rigorously” served as a basis for this Dialogue. The brief focuses on developing an integrated approach on people-centred justice (PCJ) and details five main investments of people-centred justice programming that we see emerging: data, evidence-based practice, game changing justice services, enabling environment as well as engagement and accountability.
The Justice Dialogue built on this premise and created an interactive conversation about implementing and scaling the people-centred approach in the justice space. In particular, it focused on the following questions for the participants to share their thoughts and experiences:
The Dialogue started with an opening speech by Dr Sam Muller, CEO and HiiL and a presentation on HiiL’s approach to people-centred justice by Prof (Dr) Maurits Barendretch. This presentation can be accessed here. The Dialogue aimed to get inputs of the participants on the four main hypotheses – which serve as the enablers and impediments to people-centred justice:
Stakeholders shared their thoughts and experiences on the above questions in small breakout sessions. Later, they shared key ideas from the breakout sessions with the larger group.
The following key takeaways emerged during the Dialogue on the above question:
Most stakeholders validated the four hypotheses and emphasised that the enablers are also impediments. The same also applies to different components of PCJ.
2.1 Data:
2.2 Mindset:
2.3 Trust in Public Systems:
2.4 Incentives:
2.5 Technology is a strong enabler for change.
2.6 Making a strong case:
3.1 Scaling the innovation landscape:
3.2 The role of community justice services:
3.3 What is needed to make people-centred justice work?
3.4 Nurturing and investing in an ecosystem for change:
We had a number of hypotheses about what makes people-centred justice happen: time and resources, knowledge, incentives and trust. A big enabler is conversations like these that bring a diverse group of people together to share different perspectives.
1. Make the case (if you want to make it work, you have to make the case)
2. Bring the right stakeholder together (it’s change management)
3. Creating the enabling environment.
We had a number of hypotheses about what makes people-centred justice happen: time and resources, knowledge, incentives and trust. A big enabler is conversations like these that bring a diverse group of people together to share different perspectives.
Partner, Awodi & Co.
Former Attorney General, Ogun State, Nigeria
Non-Resident Fellow
Center on International Cooperation, New York University, USA
Director, Planning and Organisational Performance
Judiciary Kenya
Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya
Senior Sociologist
Uganda Law Reforms Commission
Director of Citizens Rights
Ogun State, Nigeria
Innovative Justice Reform Judge
Kaduna State, Nigeria
Secretary of Imo State Bar Association,
Imo State, Nigeria
Director, Special Projects
Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS), USA
Founder
BarefootLaw, Uganda
Executive Director
Ushahidi, Kenya
Co-founder
TLP Advisory, Nigeria/UK
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